{"id":7246,"date":"2021-02-17T12:14:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/?p=7246"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:14:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T09:14:08","slug":"matatu-collided-head-on-with-the-lorry-that-swerved-to-avoid-hitting-a-wobbling-pick-up-on-kisumu-bondo-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magaripoa.com\/gari\/matatu-collided-head-on-with-the-lorry-that-swerved-to-avoid-hitting-a-wobbling-pick-up-on-kisumu-bondo-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Matatu collided head-on with the lorry that swerved to avoid hitting a wobbling pick up on Kisumu-Bondo Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Six people including a three-year-old child perished on Tuesday evening in a grisly road accident that in\u00advolved a matatu and a lorry near Katuju area along the Bondo\u2013K\u00adisumu Highway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">According to Rarieda subcounty police commandant Everline Cherotich two people died on the spot wh\u00adile four others succ\u00adumbed to injuries while being rushed to Bondo subcounty Ho\u00adspital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Cherotich said the two vehicles collided head-on when the lorry which was moving towards Bon\u00addo town swerved to avoid hitting a pick up that had lost control.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">It instead collided with the matatu which was moving in the opposite direction to Kisum\u00adu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">The area police boss stated that they co\u00aduld not immediately determine how many passengers were in the matatu as some had been removed by road users and taken to various hospitals for treatment by the time the police arrived at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">She said poli\u00adce have launched inv\u00adestigations into the accident and caut\u00adioned other motorists to be extra cautious when approaching the spot after another accident that claimed one life occurred last weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt;\">Source: <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-star.co.ke\/counties\/nyanza\/2021-02-17-six-perish-in-grisly-road-accident-along-bondo-kisumu-highway\/\"><strong>The Star<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six people including a three-year-old child perished on Tuesday evening in a grisly road accident that in\u00advolved a matatu and a lorry near Katuju area along the Bondo\u2013K\u00adisumu Highway. 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